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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

 

Add insult to injury

 

A) To further a loss with mockery to worsen an unfavourable situation. B) A disgrace becomes worse when friends and family disown you.
C) The world usually slanders a fallen person rather than help him. D) A suffering is compounded if you are hurt at the same place again.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) To further a loss with mockery to worsen an unfavourable situation.

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.

 

Lacking foresight or intellectual insight

 

A) Sagacity B) Myopic
C) Acumen D) Discern
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Myopic

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

 

Reminisce

 

 

A) Remember   B) Discover  
C) Forget   D) Hang
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Remember  

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".

 

By the time we set out, the sun (sit) pretty in the blue sky.

 

 

A) was sitting B) had sitting
C) was sit D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) was sitting

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In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

 

Aryabhatta was the first astronomer to state ______ that the earth is round and it rotates on its axis.

 

A) sympthatically   B) automatically
C) emphatically   D) accidentally
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) emphatically  

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In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

 

Time perception raises a number of ______ puzzles, including what it means to say we perceive time.

 

A) discriminating B) intriguing
C) boring D) befooling
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) intriguing

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In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

 

The reason is a fear that we will not ______________ find ourselves in that higher echelon of posts and achievements that get so many likes and reposts, a sign of success and ____________ in our binary outlook. A darker worry also exists at the back _______ our mind. What if we end __________ in the other group, an object of ridicule, derided as another in a long list of failures _________ embarrassments that go viral for all the wrong reasons?

 

What if we end __________ in the other group

 

A) upon B) on
C) up D) above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) up

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one, which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

Bunty said, "I have done my class work".

A) Bunty said, he had done his class work. B) Bunty said that he had done his class work.
C) Bunty was saying, he has done his class work. D) Bunty said that he did his class work.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Bunty said that he had done his class work.

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